{"id":16092,"date":"2009-12-15T06:45:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T11:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=16092"},"modified":"2009-12-15T08:59:53","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T13:59:53","slug":"gitmo-on-spring-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=16092","title":{"rendered":"Gitmo-on-Spring Lake (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rumors over the last few weeks that the Obama Administration is planning on renovating a prison in Thomson, IL to house Guantanamo detainees are proving to be true<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Administration officials as well as Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn will make an official announcement at the White House.<\/p>\n

Officials from both the White House and Durbin’s office confirmed that President Obama had directed the government to acquire Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill., a sleepy town near the Mississippi River about 150 miles from Chicago. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid pre-empting Tuesday’s announcement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So now the hippies, the ACLU lawyers, Mathew Alexander, Code Pink, Keith Olbermann and the sundry other peawits all have a place they can go camp out to prove their commitment to human rights for subhumans. <\/p>\n

Residents of the small town feel that it’s worth it<\/a> to house the most terrible criminals in the world so close to the families;<\/p>\n

“This town is slowly but surely dying off, and I mean that literally because the people that are retired are dying off and there’s no young people coming back in to take their place. There’s nothing here to draw them,” said Richard Groharing, a 68-year-old retired Florida corrections officer who was born in Thomson, a farming community about 150 miles west of Chicago.<\/p>\n

The prison was built in 2001 with the promise of thousands of jobs. But because of state budget problems, it has been largely vacant since its completion. It has 1,600 cells, but only about 200 minimum-security inmates are held there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope Thomson IL residents are ready to assume the mantle as the worse place on earth when Guantanamo is closed. Of course, the ambulance-chasers will probably double the town’s population and bring in some money. At what price?<\/p>\n

ADDED:<\/strong> Of course, dicksmith at VoteVets<\/a> thinks this is a good idea;<\/p>\n

Outstanding. The Obama Administration is taking a step closer to ending the use of a facility that has been one of the most effective recruiting tools for extremism and terrorism across the globe. Not only that, it’s simply the right thing to do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, the rest of the world will automatically think that we’re treating detainees well just because they’re in Illinois now. How the Hell will that change anything? Seriously. If we put them all up in a Las Vegas hotel, THAT would become part of the new recruiting cry from terrorists, you dumbass. <\/p>\n

I swear, is there anyone on the Left with an ounce of common sense anymore? Has every single thing they say become just a knee-jerk reaction?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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